Improvement in steam-gage cocks



'NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. H. ASIICROFT, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM-GAGE COCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 67,479, dated August 6, 1867.

To all whom it may concern De it known that I, E. H. ASHCROFT, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,havc invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Boiler Gage- ()ocks 5 and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of my;y improved gage-cock. Fig. 2 a section of the saine. Fi gs. 3 and 4 show a modification of the device for sccurln g the handle to the valvestcm 5 and Fig. 5 is a modification oi' the Valve.

My invention relates to that class of steamboilcr gage-cocks in which the handles are made of wood; and its object is to provide an eiiieient means of securing said handles tothe Valve-rod, so that in ease the wood be warped or otherwise injured by heat from the boiler, they will still be held rigidly to the valve-rod.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawings, A is the gage-cock proper, D the valvcestcm, and C'ithc valve. Near the top of the rValve-stein, and permanently attached thereto, is a circufar plate or disk, D, perforated wit-h two holes 'for the reception ot the bolts a, a of the disk, E. lThese pins .are either cast with the disk 19,01' securely attached thereto, and pass through the handle F.

rIlhe extreme upper end of the valve-stem is screw-threaded, upon which works a small nut, G, for the purpose of holding the handle tightly between the disks D and E. Figs. 3 and 4 show a modification of this device, -the disks D and E each being provided with two shoulders, b b, in addition to the pins and holes shown in Fig. 2, and fit in recesses in `the handle F. The said handle is cut away on both4 its upper and lower side, to form seats for the disks D and E. The upper part of the gage-cock proper is formed into a chamber, closed at top by the disk H, securely attached to the valve rod B, and contains a spiral spring, d, for the purpose of actuating the valve O.

The valve may be made ot .any ordinar Y or suitable construction. In Fig. 5 I have shown it provided with a flange, c, itting into a disk, d', of soft met-al or rubber, inserted in the bottom of the gage-cock proper. I I are the bearings for the valve-stem. K is the nozzle ot' the gage-cock.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. I claim the handle F, constructed in the manner substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of handle F, stem B, disk H, spring (1, gageeock A, bearings I I. and valve C, constructed, arranged, and operV ated in the manner substantially as shown and described.

E. H. ASHGROF'I.

Witnesses EDWIN J. WRIGHT, CHARLES E. AsHcnoFT. 

